- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of John H. and Peggy T. Ridley
- Creator:
- Lowance, David
Ridley, John H., 1914-2005; Ridley, Peggy T., 1919-2006 - Date of Original:
- 2004-07-12
- Subject:
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Ridley, Margaret Chandler Tippett, 1919-2006
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Mott, Bill
Sibley, Karen Norris, 1922-2014
Sibley, James Malcolm, 1919-
Georgia Institute of Technology
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Piedmont Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.)
Enterprise (aircraft carrier : CV-6)
convoy
torpedo bomber
twin 30-caliber guns
strafing
Tokyo Rose
sulfanilamide, appendicitis
breeches buoy
Atomic bomb
Hollandia (New Guinea) - Location:
- Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. Johns, 47.561701, -52.715149
Indonesia, Jayapura, -2.5387539, 140.7037389
United States, Florida, Escambia County, Pensacola, 30.42131, -87.21691
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Georgia, Troup County, LaGrange, 33.03929, -85.03133
United States, Hawaii, Kahului, 20.8894101, -156.4727118
United States, Maryland, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, 38.27936485, -76.4274447050225
United States, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, 32.77657, -79.93092
United States, Washington, Kitsap County, Bremerton, 47.56732, -122.63264 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
mini-dv - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In this interview, John and Peggy Ridley describe their experiences during World War II. John describes his pre-med education and his desire to join the Medical Corps when war broke out. When that request was denied, he went to Washington and the office of Admiral Nimitz to secure the appointment. He was serving on a destroyer in a convoy shipping aviation gasoline to Russia when it was attacked by a German submarine. He attended school to become a flight surgeon, pinned on his wings and married his wife in 1943. He served on a carrier in the Pacific and describes his participation there, telling stories both harrowing and humorous. Peggy describes her work in New York and how she became a cover girl on Life magazine. She reminds John of an incident when he fell overboard in the north Atlantic and other stories.
John Ridley was a flight surgeon in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Peggy Ridley worked in New York during the war. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/292
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 45:32
- Original Collection:
- Veterans History Project oral history recordings
Veterans History Project collection, MSS 1010, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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